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A SPEAR IN THE BRAIN
Author(s) -
Selecki B. B.,
Stening W. A.,
Grosser D.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87475.x
Subject(s) - spear , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , aeronautics , history , surgery , engineering , archaeology
A Man aged 40 years presented to the Accident Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, fully conscious and cooperative, with two feet of speargun shaft projecting from the submental region. He sustained the injury whilst manipulating his speargun 15 minutes before presentation.